2008–09 Euroleague
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| Season | 2008–09 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 22 October 2008 – 3 May 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Games played | 188 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Season MVP | File:Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Navarro | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions | File:Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos 5th title | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||
| Third place | File:Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos | ||||||||||||
| Final Four MVP | File:Flag of Greece.svg Vassilis Spanoulis | ||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||
| Rising Star | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Novica Veličković | ||||||||||||
| Best Defender | File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Diamantidis | ||||||||||||
| Coach of the Year | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Duško Vujošević | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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The 2008–09 Euroleague was the 9th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 52nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season, which featured 24 teams from 13 countries, culminated in the 2008–09 Euroleague Final Four at the new O2 World arena in Berlin, Germany.[1] It was won by Panathinaikos, who defeated in the final, the defending champions, CSKA Moscow. While the general structure of the competition was identical to that used in recent seasons, changes were made to the format for two of its phases, the Regular Season and Quarterfinals.
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Teams of the 2008–09 Euroleague
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Eliminated in Quarterfinals | |
| Eliminated in Last 16 | |
| Eliminated in the regular season |
- DKV Joventut qualified as ULEB Cup winners.
Team rosters
Format
Regular Season The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round. This was the first year for this particular format; previously, the competing teams were split into three groups of eight teams each, with the top five teams in each group plus the best sixth-place team advancing. If two or more clubs finished level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[3]
- Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in all group matches
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Games were played from October 22, 2008 to January 15, 2009.[4] Top 16 The surviving teams were then divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round-robin system was adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top 2 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season. Games began on January 28 and ended March 12. Quarterfinals In the quarterfinals, the top placed teams from each Top 16 group played second placed teams from a different group in a best-of-five playoff series, with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four. This was the first season in which the quarterfinals were best-of-five; previously, they had been best-of-three. The quarterfinal matches were played from March 24 until April 9. Final Four format The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams played a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers played in a third-place playoff. The team which was victorious in the Final (Panathinaikos) would be Euroleague champion. The Final Four semifinals were played May 1, with the third-place game and final on May 3.
Regular season
The regular season began on October 20, 2008 and concluded on January 15, 2009.
| Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Top 16
The Top 16 stage was played from January 28 to March 12, 2009. The draw was conducted on January 19 at Euroleague Basketball Company headquarters in Barcelona. The group winners in the Regular Season were drawn from one pot, the runners-up from one pot, the teams in 3rd place from one pot and those in 4th place from one pot. Teams that played in the same group in the Regular Season could not meet again in the Top 16. Also, teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same pool unless it was necessary to prevent teams from the same Regular Season group from being drawn together.
| Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals |
Group E
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Group F
*FC Barcelona wins the group over Real Madrid by the head-to-head point differential. |
Group G
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Group H
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Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
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| Olympiacos File:Flag of Greece.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid | 88–79 | 79–73 | 63–71 | 78–75 | |
| Regal FC Barcelona File:Flag of Spain.svg | 3–2 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Tau Cerámica | 75–84 | 85–62 | 62–69 | 84–63 | 78–62 |
| Panathinaikos File:Flag of Greece.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Montepaschi Siena | 90–85 | 79–84 | 72–53 | 91–84 | |
| CSKA Moscow File:Flag of Russia.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Partizan | 56–47 | 77–50 | 67–56 |
Final four
The Final Four was played on May 1 and on May 3. Semifinal games were played on Friday, while the third-place playoff and Final were played on Sunday. The event was hosted at the O2 World in Berlin. It was the first time the event was held in Berlin. {{#lst:2009 EuroLeague Final Four|Bracket}}
Individual statistics
Rating
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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| 1. | File:Flag of Israel.svg D'or Fischer | File:Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Electra | 13 | 279 | 21.46 |
| 2. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Terrell McIntyre | File:Flag of Italy.svg Montepaschi Siena | 19 | 377 | 19.84 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mirsad Türkcan | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe Ülker | 14 | 271 | 19.36 |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PPG |
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| 1. | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Igor Rakočević | File:Flag of Spain.svg Tau Cerámica | 21 | 377 | 17.95 |
| 2. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Terrell McIntyre | File:Flag of Italy.svg Montepaschi Siena | 19 | 328 | 17.26 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Poland.svg David Logan | File:Flag of Poland.svg Asseco Prokom Sopot | 15 | 253 | 16.87 |
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | RPG |
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| 1. | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mirsad Türkcan | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe Ülker | 14 | 121 | 8.64 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Israel.svg D'or Fischer | File:Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Electra | 13 | 99 | 7.62 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Bourousis | File:Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos | 22 | 162 | 7.36 |
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | APG |
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| 1. | File:Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Papaloukas | File:Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos | 22 | 114 | 5.18 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Omar Cook | File:Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja Málaga | 16 | 82 | 5.13 |
| 3. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Terrell McIntyre | File:Flag of Italy.svg Montepaschi Siena | 19 | 84 | 4.42 |
Other Stats
| Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
| Steals per game | File:Flag of Poland.svg David Logan | File:Flag of Poland.svg Asseco Prokom Sopot | 15 | 2.67 |
| Blocks per game | File:Flag of Spain.svg Fran Vázquez | File:Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona | 23 | 1.74 |
| Turnovers per game | File:Flag of Poland.svg David Logan | File:Flag of Poland.svg Asseco Prokom Sopot | 15 | 2.93 |
| Fouls drawn per game | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Sani Bečirović | File:Flag of Italy.svg Lottomatica Roma | 13 | 6.23 |
| Minutes per game | File:Flag of Poland.svg David Logan | File:Flag of Poland.svg Asseco Prokom Sopot | 15 | 34:18 |
| 2FG% | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Luboš Bartoň | File:Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona | 23 | 0.800 |
| 3FG% | File:Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mordente | File:Flag of Italy.svg Armani Jeans Milano | 12 | 0.555 |
| FT% | File:Flag of the United States.svg Louis Bullock | File:Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid | 20 | 0.953 |
Game highs
| Category | Name | Team | Stat |
| Rating | File:Flag of Israel.svg Lior Eliyahu | File:Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Electra | 42 |
| Points | File:Flag of the United States.svg Terrell McIntyre | File:Flag of Italy.svg Montepaschi Siena | 35 |
| Rebounds | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Pat Burke | File:Flag of Poland.svg Asseco Prokom Sopot | 20 |
| Assists | File:Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Papaloukas | File:Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos | 13 |
| Steals | 7 occasions | 6 | |
| Blocks | File:Flag of the United States.svg Loren Woods | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Žalgiris | 7 |
| Turnovers | 3 occasions | 8 | |
| Fouls Drawn | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Sani Bečirović | File:Flag of Italy.svg Lottomatica Roma | 12 |
Awards
Euroleague 2008–09 MVP
Euroleague 2008–09 Final Four MVP
All-Euroleague Team 2008–09
Rising Star
- File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Novica Veličković ( File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Partizan )
Best Defender
Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)
- File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Duško Vujošević ( File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Partizan )
Club Executive of the Year
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Marco Baldi (File:Flag of Germany.svg Alba Berlin)
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarter-finals
MVP of the Month
| Month | Player | Team |
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| October 2008 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ersan İlyasova | File:Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona |
| November 2008 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Sani Bečirović | File:Flag of Italy.svg Lottomatica Roma |
| December 2008 | File:Flag of Israel.svg Lior Eliyahu | File:Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Electra |
| January 2009 | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Igor Rakočević | File:Flag of Spain.svg Tau Cerámica |
| February 2009 | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Novica Veličković | File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Partizan |
| March 2009 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Erazem Lorbek | File:Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow |
See also
References and notes
- ↑ EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL, AEG ANNOUNCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, May 3, 2008
- ↑ "El AXA FCB, quinto español en la Euroliga... y el Kalise GC, a la ULEB Cup". Archived from the original on 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ↑ "Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures". Euroleague. 2008-01-29. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ↑ New competition system for 2008-09 Euroleague
- ↑ "2008-09 All-Euroleague, MVP announced". 3 October 2024.
